Category: Science

From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman are seen as they

The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana in 2021, before reaching a spot in orbit a million miles away.

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In an unusual case, a man’s bladder swelled dramatically at its base, taking the shape of a Christmas tree.

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Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.

A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen “superkilonova.”

Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold. (Image credit: Peter Paplanus)

Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and

This year, researchers took a bite out of culinary innovation. Check out some of our favorite food-related stories from 2025.

NASA engineer Guy Naylor poses for a photograph wearing a custom Santa Claus suit on the 19th level of High Bay 4 inside the Vehicle

DNA from soil could soon reveal who lived in ice age caves, research shows.